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Willem Ogier

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Pen name
  
Liefde doet sorgen

Subject
  
moral satire

Period
  
Baroque

Genre
  
drama

Role
  
Playwright

Nationality
  
Brabantine

Name
  
Willem Ogier

Language
  
Dutch


Willem Ogier

Born
  
July 17, 1618 Antwerp (
1618-07-17
)

Died
  
February 22, 1689, Antwerp, Belgium

Literary movement
  
chamber of rhetoric

Willem (or Guilliam) Ogier (1618–1689) was a Flemish schoolmaster, playwright and comedian.

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Life

Guilliam Ogier was born in Antwerp in 1618 but brought up in Amsterdam. He returned to Antwerp after his father's death. He registered with the schoolmasters' guild in 1644, becoming dean of the guild during the 1650s. He wrote comedic moralities for performance by the chambers of rhetoric (civic poetry and drama societies) the Violieren and the Olyftack. First performances were often on the Feast of St Luke (18 October), as the rhetoricians had a close association with the Guild of Saint Luke (the guild of painters, illuminators, printmakers and booksellers). When the Olyftack and Violieren merged in 1660 Ogier took a leading role as "Factor" of the reinstituted chamber. He died in Antwerp on 22 February 1689.

Plays

  • Droncken Heyn (Drunken Harry), first performed by the Olyftack on 18 October 1639
  • De hooveerdigheydt (Pride), first performed by the Violieren on 18 October 1644
  • De gramschap (Anger), first performed by the Violieren on 18 October 1645
  • De onkuysheydt (Unchastity), first performed by the Violieren on 18 October 1646
  • Den haet en nydt (Hatred and envy), first performed by the Violieren on 18 October 1647 (text of the Amsterdam performance, 1671, available on Google Books)
  • De traegheydt (Sloth), first performed by the Olyftack on 18 October 1677
  • De gierigheydt (Miserliness), first performed by the Olyftack on 18 February 1678
  • Belachelijk misverstant ofte boere geck (Ludicrous misunderstanding or country bumpkin), first performed by the Olyftack on 18 October 1680

    • Publication

    Ogier's seven moralities were collected for publication as De seven hooft-sonden (The seven deadly sins) in 1682, with Droncken Heyn reworked as De Gulsigheydt (Gluttony).

    A critical edition of his plays was edited by Willem van Eeghem and A. A. Keersmaekers and published in three volumes as Willem Ogier: De tooneelwerken (Antwerp and Amsterdam, 1921–1955).

    Studies

  • August Snieders, "Lezing: Willem Ogier en zijn tijd", Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (1888): 70–86.

    • References

    Willem Ogier Wikipedia
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